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The meaning of the name "beaver moon" originated with early Americans centuries ago. Here are some more things you should know about the lunar event.

Michele Debczak


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The gravitational pull of the supermoon will team up with that of the sun on August 30 to create super-charged "king" tides around the world.

Michele Debczak














Galileo Galilei in an oil painting by an Italian painter, 18th (?) century.

Galileo Galilei, the father of modern astronomy, probably never dropped anything off the leaning tower of Pisa, and he didn't actually invent the telescope. But he did change history with his discoveries about the cosmos.

Dan Falk